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NT taxis protest Labor free ride for Uber

Northern Territory Labor's promise to bring in ride-sharing service Uber is "un-Australian" and threatens small business, taxi drivers say.

About 50 drivers gathered outside Labor Opposition Leader Michael Gunner's office in Darwin on Tuesday, saying that if Labor wins Saturday's election it should commit to a level regulatory playing field.

"It can't go and favour multinational organisations like Uber; that's un-Australian to be giving favouritism to multinationals like that, and it's anti-small business," said Blair Davies, chief executive of the Australian Taxi Industry Association.

He said there was nothing to stop Uber operating under commercial regulations, "but Uber aren't interested in competing on a level playing field, they want a future NT government to create regulations which would give them an unfair advantage".

He said Uber would not provide services to those without credit cards or a smartphone, cars weren't wheelchair-accessible, did not want drivers to undergo medical and criminal history checks, or to have mandatory security cameras installed.

Mr Davies conceded the industry could do better, "but a future NT government would be better off helping the taxi industry improve our services rather than put those businesses out of business".

Driver Barry Ramsay said that capitulating to Uber's demands would be "devastating" for the industry, and said allowing it to operate on its own terms went against Labor's Buy Local policy.

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Mr Gunner told Mix 104.9 FM that the best thing a Labor government could to do protect the taxi industry was "to prepare for the reality of Uber".

Every other Australian jurisdiction bar the NT either has a ride-sharing service or is planning for one, he said.

"We've left our commercial passenger vehicle industry vulnerable now to ride-sharing moving in without any protections, which I think is irresponsible," he said, and promised the industry would be at the table as part of a team planning the rules for a ridesharing service in the NT if Labor forms government.